History PlayingWith / WhatMeasureisaNonHuman

* '''Inverted''': Human lives are casually thrown away, but killing a robot is considered murder.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':** Human lives are casually thrown away, but killing a robot is considered murder.murder.** Only human enemies are considered morally right to kill. They are all bandits who explicitly murder even people who give them money to LeaveNoWitnesses or otherwise despicable people. Running away from them is considered craven. Animals are merely hungry so running away or pacifying them with food is preferred but acceptable to kill in self defense. Killing undead is highly blasphemous and a terrible idea, given that they were raised by the gods to carry out a role too important to trust to the living. Destroying them will cause major problems in the world.

* '''Zig Zagged''': The value placed on nonhuman life varies greatly with the nonhuman. [[Creator/HPLovecraft Mi-Go]] are killed on sight, Greys are conceded equals, Demons are considered second-class citizens, etc...

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* '''Zig Zagged''': The value placed on nonhuman life varies greatly with the nonhuman. [[Creator/HPLovecraft [[Literature/TheWhispererInDarkness Mi-Go]] are killed on sight, Greys are conceded equals, Demons are considered second-class citizens, etc...

** "[[HellIsThatNoise You hear them howling, right]]? Back when [[ZombieApocalypse all this]] started, we used to think it was their Mendulla Oblongatta hadn't shut down, making them mindlessly vocalize. [[FromBadToWorse It ain't that]]. [[AndIMustScream It's horror at what they've become]], the [[TechnicallyLivingZombie pain of rotting flesh]]. [[ForcedToWatch The final memories of being torn apart]] [[BrainFood stored in the brains they eat]]. [[NoZombieCannibals They won't kill each other]]; [[ICannotSelfTerminate they can't kill themselves]]. [[MercyKill That's where we come in.]] Welcome to the Undertakers".

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** "[[HellIsThatNoise You hear them howling, right]]? Back when [[ZombieApocalypse all this]] started, we used to think it was their Mendulla Oblongatta hadn't shut down, making them mindlessly vocalize. [[FromBadToWorse It ain't that]]. [[AndIMustScream It's horror at what they've become]], the [[TechnicallyLivingZombie pain of rotting flesh]]. [[ForcedToWatch The final memories of being torn apart]] [[BrainFood stored in the brains they eat]]. [[NoZombieCannibals They won't kill each other]]; [[ICannotSelfTerminate they can't kill themselves]]. [[MercyKill That's where we come in.]] in]]. Welcome to the Undertakers".

** "I don't see [[HumansAreSpecial what makes a Human more of a person]] than [[TheGreys Greys]] or [[PettingZooPeople Kitts]]. Or '[[FantasticRacism even]]' [[NotUsingTheZWord Returners]] or [[MechaMooks Metalfolk]]. We are the good guys, and we will act like it. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Now. Set. For.]] [[AsLethalAsItNeedsToBe Stun.]]"

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** "I don't see [[HumansAreSpecial what makes a Human more of a person]] than [[TheGreys Greys]] or [[PettingZooPeople Kitts]]. Or '[[FantasticRacism even]]' [[NotUsingTheZWord Returners]] or [[MechaMooks Metalfolk]]. We are the good guys, and we will act like it. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Now. Set. For.]] For]]. [[AsLethalAsItNeedsToBe Stun.]]"Stun]]."

** A human character is willing to kill non-humans, but makes it perfectly clear that they'd also kill humans without hesitation under similar circumstances.** "I don't see [[HumansAreSpecial what makes a Human more of a person]] than [[TheGreys Greys]] or [[PettingZooPeople Kitts]]. Or '[[FantasticRacism even]]' [[NotUsingTheZWord Returners]] or [[MechaMooks Metalfolk]]. We are the good guys, and we will act like it. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Now. Set. For.]] [[AsLethalAsItNeedsToBe Stun.]]"

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** A human character is willing to kill non-humans, but makes it perfectly clear that they'd also kill humans without hesitation under similar circumstances.circumstances.** "I don't see [[HumansAreSpecial what makes a Human more of a person]] than [[TheGreys Greys]] or [[PettingZooPeople Kitts]]. Or '[[FantasticRacism even]]' [[NotUsingTheZWord Returners]] or [[MechaMooks Metalfolk]]. We are the good guys, and we will act like it. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Now. Set. For.]] [[AsLethalAsItNeedsToBe Stun.]]"

** A human character is willing to kill non-humans, but makes it perfectly clear that they'd also kill humans without hesitation under similar circumstances.** "I don't see [[HumansAreSpecial what makes a Human more of a person]] than [[TheGreys Greys]] or [[PettingZooPeople Kitts]]. Or '[[FantasticRacism even]]' [[NotUsingTheZWord Returners]] or [[MechaMooks Metalfolk]]. We are the good guys, and we will act like it. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Now. Set. For.]] [[AsLethalAsItNeedsToBe Stun.]]"

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** A human character is willing to kill non-humans, but makes it perfectly clear that they'd also kill humans without hesitation under similar circumstances.circumstances.** "I don't see [[HumansAreSpecial what makes a Human more of a person]] than [[TheGreys Greys]] or [[PettingZooPeople Kitts]]. Or '[[FantasticRacism even]]' [[NotUsingTheZWord Returners]] or [[MechaMooks Metalfolk]]. We are the good guys, and we will act like it. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Now. Set. For.]] [[AsLethalAsItNeedsToBe Stun.]]"

** "I don't see [[HumansAreSpecial what makes a Human more of a person]] than [[TheGreys Greys]] or [[PettingZooPeople Kitts]]. Or '[[FantasticRacism even]]' [[NotUsingTheZedWord Returners]] or [[MechaMooks Metalfolk]]. We are the good guys, and we will act like it. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Now. Set. For.]] [[AsLethalAsItNeedsToBe Stun.]]"

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** "I don't see [[HumansAreSpecial what makes a Human more of a person]] than [[TheGreys Greys]] or [[PettingZooPeople Kitts]]. Or '[[FantasticRacism even]]' [[NotUsingTheZedWord [[NotUsingTheZWord Returners]] or [[MechaMooks Metalfolk]]. We are the good guys, and we will act like it. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Now. Set. For.]] [[AsLethalAsItNeedsToBe Stun.]]"

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